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Gustavo Mendes Vidal

2×2 · top 0.25% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023VIDA12

Gustavo Mendes Vidal has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.82, set at Criciúma Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.25% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Brazil. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since August 2023, he has put 1,545 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.56 in August 2023 to 7.34, a 56% improvement. Gustavo has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.25% of 186,767 all-time
0.82
signature single · Criciúma Open 2025
1,545
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×20.821.74
top 0.25%6 / 5,137
Skewb1.372.05
top 0.28%8 / 1,463
Pyraminx2.013.24
top 1.2%25 / 3,208
Clock3.654.22
top 1.7%4 / 723
3×37.349.44
top 1.8%68 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed12.6615.11
top 3.9%44 / 1,992
Square-110.2113.08
top 6.4%24 / 647
4×436.1640.63
top 7.8%81 / 1,855
Megaminx57.601:02.71
top 8.7%62 / 1,062
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves—
early days — 2 solves52 / 360
5×51:15.331:26.18
top 15.6%81 / 845
3×3 blindfolded4:23.91—
early days — 2 solves214 / 333

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Morro Reuter Cubing 2023: 16.56SESC Camaquã 2023: 12.59Colégio Salesiano Open 2023: 12.95Floripa Open 2023: 12.36Osório Guri Cubing 2024: 11.19Morro Reuter em Colônia 2024: 11.75Morro Reuter Cubing 2024: 9.17Criciúma Open 2024: 9.43Itajaí ao Cubo 2025: 9.35Joinville Open 2025: 9.14Timbó ao Cubo 2025: 8.70Aníbal ao Cubo 2025: 9.34Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025: 9.32Morro Reuter Cubing 2025: 9.94Capivara Alto da XV Mall 2025: 8.68Criciúma Open 2025: 9.03Unidavi ao Cubo 2025: 9.72Joinville Open by Mueller 2025: 9.11Colégio Salesiano BC Open 2025: 9.29Gurizão em Osório 2026: 8.63Curitiba Contra o Tempo 2026: 8.98Itajai ao Cubo 2026: 8.51Joinville Open by Mueller 2026: 8.31WCA South American Championship 2026: 7.91Anibal ao Cubo 2026: 8.19Timbó ao Cubo 2026: 7.34Morro Reuter Cubing 2026: 8.217.3416.5619 Aug 202322 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.